Convertible collar and yoke for ladies&#39; garments



Aug. 7, 195] METZGER 2,563,687

CONVERTIBLE COLLAR AND YOKE FOR LADIES GARMENTS Filed July 15, 1950 2Sheets-Sheet. 1

IN VEN TOR. HARRY METZGER Aug. 7, 1951 METZGER 2,563,687

' CONVERTIBLE COLLAR AND YOKE FOR LADIES' GARMENTS Filed July 15, 1950 2Sheets-Sheet 2 fig. f7. INVEN TOR.

HARRY METZGER BY awk/4% 34 7mm) Patented Aug. 7, 1951 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE CONVEBTIBLECOLLAR AND YOKE FOR 7 LADIES GARMENTS HarryMetzger, Brooklyn, N. Y.

This invention relates to a convertible collar and yoke for ladiesblouses. and other wearing apparel and: has for its principal object theprovisionof such a device that can readily be transformed fromonestyli'sh arrangement to another, thus providing a multi purposeblouse, or garment.

Another object of the invention is the pro-= vision in thedevice ofclosing and connecting means which adapt the same to said variations instyle or appearance;

Still another object of the invention is to construct the collar andyoke so that the same is capable ofbei'ng manufactured and assembled ina ladys blouse or' the like, economically.

For further comprehension of the invention, and" of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying" drawings, and to the appended claims; in. which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a blouse, incorporating 'the meansof theinvention.

Fig;,2. is a rear. elevation of the, blouse.

Fig. 3 is a. detail. view illustrating the pattern for the. means of.the, invention.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged sectional View on line 4--4 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 5 to are fragmentary front views illustrating various arrangementsof the convertible collar of the blouse.

Fig. 11 is a front elevational view similar to Fig. 1, but illustratingthe blouse constructed in accordance with a modification of the presentinvention.

Fig. 12 is a rear elevational view of Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a plan View of a portion of Fig. 11.

Fig. 14 is a developed view of the blank used for making one-half of thecollar and yoke used in the form of the invention shown in Figs. 11 to13.

The convertible collar and yoke, according to the first form of theinvention shown in Figs. 1 to 10, is shown applied to a blouse body l5which for the purposes of the invention may be of any desired style andmaterial, the only limitation being that the same must have a large neckopening l6.

According to the invention, a yoke I! of ma terial similar to or thesame as that of the blouse, is secured at its outer perimetral edge tothe edge of the neck opening is by stitching I8. At its front the yoke His slit vertically from its small neck opening 20 to the edge oftheblouse neck opening It, as at 2.1;. At the upper-end of said, slitthe material on either side thereof is extended to form a long: taperingtall. 22; Adjacent either; edge of the: slit 2| and also the under edgeof each tail 22 there is provided. a plurality of regularly spacedbuttonholes 231 In. the present instance three buttonholes are shown oneither side of the slit andalso threev adjacent the lower edge ofeachtail.

According to. the; invention, thebuttonholes areadaptedto beinterconnected by ordinary cuff links 24 as indicated lIl1Flg., 1. orbya ribbon 25 as indicated in Fig. 10, in. a. variety'of'waysto providethe blouse with: a: wide numberof, stylish collar: and necklineappearances. A very large numberof collar and neckline: arrangements canbe obtained by differentially" connecting the buttonholes with the:links: 24 orqthe; ribbon 25,.butior purposes of. clarity only a few are:illustrated herein.

In Fig. 5 the blouse is shown with the tails forming a collarand. withthe slit,2,| completely open. Thus the plunging neckline. style, isobtained without utilizing, the links 2.4 or the ribbon 2.5. Theneckline. can: of course,- be raised by utilizing one or: more cuff.links to; close up the slit 2] In Fig. 6 the blouse is shown in mandarinstyle, that is, with a high neckline and no c01- lar. For thisarrangement the tails 22 are extended downward within the blouse, andthe slit 2| is completely closed by means of three cuff links 24.

In Fig. '7 the blouse is provided with a high neckline and with a smallcollar. This is achieved by folding the ends of tails 22 rearward undertheir bases and by using the cuff links to close slit 2 I.

In Fig. 8 the blouse has a high neckline and the tails 22 are crossedstylishly. The crossed tails are held in place by a cuff link 24 passedthrough a buttonhole 23 in each.

In Fig. 9 the slit 2| is partially open to provide an open neckline andthe tails 22 are looped, being held in place each by a cuff linkengaging the endmost buttonhole therein and also the adjacent topbuttonhole at the side of slit 2|.

In Fig. 10 the neckline is high and the tails are brought together andextend downward, being held in place by a ribbon threaded through theseveral buttonholes therein and tied in a bow at the neck of the blouse.

It is believed that the few examples shown and described serve toillustrate the versatility of Figs. 11 to 14, the combined collar andyoke l1 of two part construction with each of the parts made of a blankI! similar to that shown in Fig, 14 butof opposite hand. Each of theblanks I I has a rearwardly projected extension l'l with adjacent endsof the extensions being stitched together and to the top edges of theback portion of the blouse body l5. The straight edge il of the mainbody of each of the blanks ll is stitched to the top edge of the backportion of the blouse body I5 to extend across the top of the shoulder,as shown most clearly in Fig. 13.

In other respects, the form of the invention shown in Figs. 11 to 14 issimilar to that illus trated in Figs. 1 to and like reference numeralsare used to identify like parts throughout the several views.

It is to be understood that this combined collar and yoke arrangementmay be used in any type and size of garment.

While-I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A convertible yoke and collar for a garment having a large neckopening, which comprises a fabric yoke having a small neck opening andsecured at its perimetral edge to the edge of the neck opening of thegarment, said yoke being slit in front from the neck opening therein tothe edge of the neck opening in the garment, a long tapering tailextended from each edge of the slit at the upper end thereof, and aplurality of buttonholes arranged along each edge of the slit and alsoalong the under edge of each tail.

2. A convertible yoke and collar for a garment having a large neckopening, which comprises a fabric yoke having a small neck opening andsecured at its perimetral edge to the edge of the neck opening of thegarment, said yoke being slit in front from the neck opening therein tothe edge of the neck opening in the garment, a long tapering tailextended from each edge of the slit at the upper end thereof, and aplurality of buttonholes arranged along each edge of the slit and alsoalong the under edge of each tail, said fabric yoke being of one-piececonstruction.

3. A convertible yoke and collar for a garment having a large neckopening, which comprises a fabric yoke having a small neck opening andsecured at its perimetral edge to the edge of the neck openin of thegarment, said yoke being slit in front from the neck Opening therein tothe edge of the neck opening in the garment, a long tapering tailextended from each edge of the slit at the upper end thereof, and aplurality of buttonholes arranged along each edge of the slit and alsoalong the under edge of each tail, said fabric yoke bein of two-partconstruction.

4. A convertible yoke and collar for a garment having a large neckopening, which comprises a fabric yoke having a small neck opening andsecured at its perimetral edge to the edge of the neck opening of thegarment, said yoke being slit in front from the neck opening therein tothe edge of the neck opening in the garment, a long tapering tailextended from each edge of the slit at the upper end thereof, and aplurality of buttonholes arranged along each edge of the slit and alsoalong the under edge of each tail, said fabric yoke being of two-partconstruction, said two-part yoke having adjacent ends secured togetherat the back of the blouse.

HARRY METZGER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,209,890 Raddatz July 30, 19402,460,253 Goldstein Jan. 25, 1949 2,462,706 Alberich Feb. 22, 19492,466,368 Brohard, Jr Apr. 5, 1949

